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The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Anders Bylund	Music Games Aren't Child's Play There's grown-up money to be made as Guitar Hero and Rock Band give the music industry a much-needed makeover.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Anders Bylund	"Rock Band" Leads Us Into a Brave New World Only available for a scant eight weeks, and then only in North America -- video game Rock Band has already racked up 2.5 million paid downloads of additional songs/game levels.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Anders Bylund	Activision Goes "Crazy" Over Aerosmith Video game designer Activision announces another installment of its ultra-popular Guitar Hero franchise, built around the material and career of rock legends Aerosmith.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Can Apple Save the Music Industry, Again? Interactive digital albums may give new hope to the dying record industry.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 Anders Bylund	The Tale of an Extinct Business Model A business model that never existed before this decade kills off the music industry at large.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Alyce Lomax	EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2010 Anders Bylund	Can Viacom Do What Activision Couldn't? Musicians have a new venue to get their music out to existing fans -- and bring in new ones.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Kicking Axe and Taking Names The music label turned heads when CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. lashed out at Activision's Guitar Hero and Viacom's Rock Band over licensing.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Larry Armstrong	E-Tune Shopping With downloading now legit, online music stores have similar catalogs. It's the extras that set them apart.
PC Magazine November 14, 2007 Dan Costa	The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Anders Bylund	Forget the Labels -- Follow the Artists You don't have to be a superstar to make money in the digital age of music.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Anders Bylund	"Guitar Hero" Becomes a Music Store And the kids are encouraged to play along in many different ways.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Amazon Catches a Coldplay Marking down Coldplay is Amazon's trap for digital-music lovers.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Anders Bylund	Can Guitar Gaming Rise Again? The guitar game genre is on life support, but Viacom is reaching for the defibrillator.
Wired September 2006 Jeff Howe	No Suit Required Terry McBride has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of the fans and the bands, and the business will take care of itself.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Radiohead's Sonic Boom Radiohead will allow its fans to pay whatever they like for its newest album, available on the Web, giving fans the opportunity to cut out the middleman and deal directly with their favorite bands. Is this the future of music?
InternetNews October 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	You Name the Price for Next Radiohead Album Radiohead tells fans they decide how much to pay in next week's online-only album release.
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 Christopher Palmeri	Guitar Hero: More Than a Video Game The music industry, and artists, see rock 'n' roll sensation Guitar Hero as a powerful promotional tool.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple's 30% Mistake Record labels say some iTunes tracks will cost $1.29 next month.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	New Life for Music? U.S. album sales rise for the first time since 2004, but don't start to party like it's 1999 just yet.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple's Five-Finger Discount Albums are getting cheaper on iTunes if you bought a single.
Wired August 12, 2009 Jeff Howe	The Beatles Make the Leap to Rock Band On September 9, after three years of ardent courtship, tech wizardry, and dizzying legal acrobatics, MTV Games is releasing The Beatles: Rock Band, a multiplayer title spanning the group's entire career.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 Tom Lowry	Video Games: Will The Beatles Rock MTV? Viacom is counting on the Fab Four to rejuvenate MTV Networks' flagging Rock Band video franchise.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Anders Bylund	Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded.
Wired Jeff Howe	Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero Even though the popular video game has breathed life into old bans and helped popularize new ones, the record labels are still whining about licensing fees.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Tim Beyers	Sgt. Pepper Stuck In Nowhere Land Negotiations between the Beatles' record company and label EMI, which owns the rights to the group's recordings, have stalled. This means the Beatles won't be coming to iTunes anytime soon.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple Strikes a Chord Apple and EMI are hooking up to promote unlocked digital downloads. Is EMI an unlikely first mover among its major-label brethren? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Smashing Plastic Guitars The guitar games keep coming, but consumers don't seem to care anymore.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Meet the Real Guitar Hero The music gear retailer's stock is trading 7% higher after blowing past analyst estimates. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2011 Anders Bylund	It's the End of "Guitar Hero" As We Know It Guitar Hero is dead, but Activision goes right on making money.
Reason January 2004 Nick Gillespie	Welcome Back, Napster There's a special reason to be happy that Napster, the notorious outlaw file-sharing system that took a long, court-ordered hiatus, has returned as a major-label-backed enterprise offering single-track downloads for 99 cents. It's the freedom not to pay for songs you don't want.
Salon.com December 19, 2001 Eric Boehlert	Why the record industry is killing the single One of the most hallowed symbols of rock 'n' roll is on its way out, and consumers -- and artists -- are the losers...
The Motley Fool July 9, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Death of Dollar Downloads? If dollar music downloads go away, some good, old-fashioned rock 'n roll rebellion could be cooking.
HBS Working Knowledge November 30, 2009 Sean Silverthorne	Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse says it is time for the industry to rethink products and prices for digital music..
Knowledge@Wharton July 2, 2003	Online Music Wings its Way to the Celestial Jukebox In a celestial jukebox, instead of downloading songs to a computer hard drive or burning them onto a CD, listeners log onto a site that streams the music directly to their computers for immediate listening. It's like having your own all-request FM channel.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Anders Bylund	It's On! It's On! It's On! Activision Blizzard and Viacom are staring each other down across the music-game playground.
Popular Mechanics September 16, 2008 Seth Porges	Rock Band 2 May Be the Best Party Game Ever: Hands-on Review Rock Band 2 does not repeat Rock Band's quantum leap in game-play design and technical innovation, but it does expand on and improve the original game enough to supplant it as the most fun party game of the year.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Anders Bylund	Kiss Wasn't Made for Lovin' the Internet File-sharing and downloading have put the concrete boots on the traditional business of selling CDs, and some music groups are not happy about it. But the new world order of the music industry might turn up faster than we thought.
CIO March 1, 2004 Julie Hanson	Wall of No Sound - Reality Bytes The recording industry is trying to stop people from listening to, talking about and sharing music. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	For Those About to Rock It's a battle of the brands when it comes to band simulation games. Harmonix developed both Viacom's new Rock Band game and Activision's Guitar Hero franchise.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner Warms to Amazon Warner Music Group becomes the latest big studio to sell DRM-free tunes through Amazon.com.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Digital Music's Dirty Little Secret When will the labels embrace the inevitable? Digital music, in both legal and illegal forms, has stimulated consumers' music-listening appetites. Digital music means fewer CDs to press, package, and ship out to retailers.
Wired September 2006 Eric Steuer	The Infinite Album Release a traditional 13-track cd? No thanks, says Beck. Instead, he serves up a collection of songs, remixes, and videos that fans can piece together any way they want.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 Anders Bylund	There's a Backstage Party at Activision Riding a heavy metal wave of Guitar Hero III success, Activision turns in a show-stopping quarter.
Home Theater August 17, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	$3.99 Download Makes Arcade Fire #1 Amazon discount propels band to Billboard's top spot. Many consumers will buy downloads if the price is right.
Salon.com July 30, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Sour notes The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Welcome to Lala Land The private start-up is wagering that it can carve itself a niche in the changing landscape for digital music (as well as ride on Apple's coattails). Some of Lala.com's ideas are pretty innovative, and music industry companies should take note.